One of my friends said that in the Hopkins fight winky was starting to show his age.... I kind of blew him off at the time but after a performance like tonights.... could he have been right? Do you think that Wright has waited too long?? Is his legacy now on the decline? What are your thoughts??
Well he did have surgery after the Hopkins fight but I highly doubt he couldn't find a fight for almost 2 years. I don't really care to see him fight anymore at 160. If he wants to keep fighting just drop to 154 and fight guys like Santos, Forrest or possibly DLH. DLH would be the perfect fight IMO. Then both should hang it up for good.
Winky has looked on the decline since the Quartey fight. He won that fight easy but looked sloppy as hell. He looked sloppy in the Hopkins fight too, but people are too far up Bernard's ass here to attribute Winky's perfromance to anything but the mastery of B-Hop. He's clearly through now and should retire. Tonight does nothing to harm his legacy imo. Good performance by Paul all the same though. He would have been tough even for the best Winky tonight.
I liked how Winky looked: kept pace in landed punches, managed to block a lot of those crazy angles Williams throws, and adjusted very quickly... except that Williams can vary his offense mid-punch. Wright was sleepwalking in the 6th, Williams had superior defense in the 7th, and Winky's neckbones started buckling in the 8th, but he managed to counter well in the 9th... until he got caught, but I still thought that round was close. Against a less physically gifted and determined up-and-comer, Wright could be great (if he sustains the workrate he had tonight). At least Lampley didn't start yelling, "He's turned back TIME!" tonight. :tired
I thought Winky clearly looked faded well before the Hopkins fight. I was surprised he showed as decent form as he did last night, and that his chin held up, all things considered.
Winky is still fresh..... he showed ring comfort, he still had his speed and he still had his agility.... paul was just a horrible matchup if/when winky gets in the ring again everyone will see i would favor him over a lot of people